< Previous© July 2018 The Meath Coaster40Drogheda & East Meath Hospice Golf DayLaytown & Bettystown Golf ClubThe Drogheda & East Meath Hospice Golf Classic hosted by Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club on Friday, June 1st, was wonderfully supported again this year. According to Michael Breheny, one of the organising committee, 48 teams played on the day and the organisers were thrilled with the number of people who came out to show their support. The organising committee would like to sincerely thank everyone for their gen-erosity, especially the players, golf hole sponsors and everyone who contributed on the day. There was a special word of thanks also to the Club Captains and Board of Management for affording the use of the course on the day.Organisers estimate that close to €18,000 was raised at the event. Presentation Evening for Mr Tom Ry-an's President's Prizes There was a great turnout on Sunday night, June 10th, for the presentation of Mr Tom Ryan's President's Prizes to the Ladies & Lady Captain Rita O'Connor presents the runners up with their prizes at the Drogheda & East Meath Hospice Golf Classic at Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club. (Denis Taylor, Joe Ryan, Michael Metcalfe and Dan Mitchell.)Lady Captain Rita O'Connor presents the third placed team with their prizes at the Drogheda & East Meath Hospice Golf Classic at Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club. (Chris Black, Bernard O'Reilly, Ellie Metcalfe & Paul Brassil)© July 2018 The Meath Coaster41Men at Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club. The big winners on the night were local international golfer, Carol Wickham, who won the President's Prize to the Ladies with a magnificent score of 70 (playing off scratch) and Drogheda man, Brian Kelly, who won the President's Prize to the Men with a score of 42 points.President Tom Ryan, a long standing member of the club, was absolutely de-lighted that so many men and ladies com-peted for his prizes and he congratulated all of the winners who were presented with their prizes on the night. §Davy Reynolds accepts the winners prizes from Lady Captain Rita O'Connor at the recent Drogheda & East Meath Hospice Golf Classic at Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club. Brian Kelly, winner of the President's Prize to the Men at Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club is presented with his prize by Club President Tom Ryan.Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club President, Tom Ryan, presents Carol Wickham with her prize as winner of the President's Prize to the Ladies for 2018Laytown & Bettystown President Tom Ryan relaxes at the presentation evening at the club with his wife Susan and daugher Louise. Liam Hyland, Cilles AC, Leinster Gold steeplechase 170618© July 2018 The Meath Coaster42Castle Hill Riding Club June has proved to be a very competi-tive month for the members of Castle-hill RC. Cheval Riding Club recently hosted their annual “Pre-Festival” show at their home grounds in Jordanstown, Co. Dublin, and it proved to be a very successful one for the Castlehill club members. New member Olivia Smyth placed 4th in a very competitive AP working hunter class, just pipping Olivia Nolan and her lovely mare Abi to a placing. Olivia’s 4th place shows what brilliant talent our new riders are bringing to the club. Caitriona Bowens and her horse Beau placed 4th in the Primary Showjumping class, adding to their points in the NER Leading Rider Series.Ruth Callan and her horse Shyboy were 6th in the Intermediate dressage, and then went on to place 3rd in the cob showing class. Club chairman Lindsey ilona Brady and her horse Trigger Joe continued on their recent good form and won the Advanced Intermediate dressage class against a strong field of competitors.Well done girls!!!Our members then travelled to Mullingar EC to compete at the AIRC Festival 2018.Without doubt, the festival proves to be the highlight of the competition year, with classes running over a full weekend. As usual, Castlehill had an amazing base-camp set up and presence, so huge thanks go to Olivia Nolan and Francis Hand for all their hard work in making it a wonder-ful social space for members to gather. Ruth Callan and Balustree Shyboy had a very successful weekend, winning the maxi cobs, taking 3rd in their section of the intermediate dressage and placing 5th in Lindsey ilona Brady and Trigger JoeOlivia Nolan, Marie Moore and Anita McNamaraCastlehill RC Basecamp© July 2018 The Meath Coaster43the long arena dressage.New members Barbara Vipond and Olivia Smyth placed a fantastic 3rd in the AP pairs accumulator SJ class, while competing at their first ever festival. Well done girls!Olivia Nolan and her horse Abi were 5th in the AP Prix Caprilli and 5th in the Handy Horse class.Anita McNamara and her horse Ruby placed a brilliant 5th in a very strong connemara showing class. Aaron McGrane and his lovely horse An-diamos travelled all the way from Armagh to compete at the festival, and did them-selves proud by placing 3rd in the ex-race-horse showing class. Marie Delaney Moore and Lady Susie were 3rd in their section of the AP dres-sage class, and Caitriona Kavanagh and Bouncer were 6th in the connemara perfor-mance class.Well done to everyone who competed so brilliantly at a national competition.For more information, please “like” our page on FB or contact Olivia on (086) 383 1802 §Ruth Callan and Balustree ShyboyDrogheda Chess ClubLocal success in Drogheda schools ChessThe last matches in the Drogheda schools chess leagues have been completed and the final positions show success for local schools. In the second-ary schools league, Drogheda Grammar School were once again the overall win-ners. However, there was also a credit-able performance by Coláiste na hInse in finishing 4th. Gaelscoil an Bhradain Feasa were the winners in Division A of the pri-mary schools chess, while in Division B, Le Cheile finished equal 3rd just two points behind winners Duleek BNS.Individual congratulations go to local Board prize winners Alex Russell and Kyle Gogan of Le Cheile, Calum Mac-Domhnaill and Tom O’Gabhláin of Gaels-coil an Bhradain Feasa). §Caitriona Bowens and Beau© July 2018 The Meath Coaster44Stamullen Football ClubClub NewsWe have had an amazing season so far and the lovely weather of the past few weeks has been enjoyed by all teams. Our girls have finished their season and are off for the summer. All three teams had a fantastic season and we are excited for the new season to kick off in September.Our girls only academy, run by Ali and Alan with help From Marie has been hugely successful. It will start back in September on Monday’s and we are de-lighted to announce we will have an under 7 girls team which is amazing. Keep an eye out on our facebook page in Septem-ber for details.Our new under 7’s teams.Our Academy girls © July 2018 The Meath Coaster45We held our girls end of year awards night in Whytes at the start of June which was a brilliant night. Our academy girls attend-ed and really enjoyed it.Our girls in under 11, under 12 and under 14 were awarded their player of the year and most improved player of the year in each age group which the coaches agreed was a really difficult decision so well done to all our winners on the night. Academy NewsOur academy has had a brilliant year. Training Saturday mornings 10-11am has been superb. All our little academy players have come on so much over the last year. We will be back in september so keep an Our amazing under 14s and coaches Alan and Marie© July 2018 The Meath Coaster46eye out on our facebook page nearer the time. Special Thanks to Karl, Fergal, Dar-ren, Niall, Caireann, Sophie, Hannah, El-lie, our parents - Orla, Peter and Dec for helping out all year as we couldn’t run academy without your help.Trip to see the Irish women's team.Our girls teams all went to Tallaght sta-dium to see the Irish women’s soccer team take on Norway. Unfortunately we didn’t get the result we were after but our girls had a great time and came back very in-spired. Thanks to all the coaches who or-ganised and looked after the girls.Caoimhe our player of the year under 12sOur player of the year under 14s Alisha with coaches© July 2018 The Meath Coaster47Senior review:After finishing 4th in our first season in the AUL’s division 3 last year, we were pro-pelled into division 1 at the start of 17/18. A mid-table finish was the outcome in a very highly competitive league.Our lack of squad depth was not strong enough. Any errors made in matches proved to be costly. However, no mat-ter what challenge was put in front of us, Stamullen never backed down.A huge thank you goes to our senior man-ager, Davy Byrne. The current squad know what is expected of them as the 18/19 season approaches. Our end of sea-son awards was in Whytes of Stamullen. A huge thank you goes towards Fran and her restaurant staff who looked after us on the night. Winners on the nightDean Belton was awarded top scorer. Ja-son Butler, who only joined the club at the start of the season, won young play-er of the year. Keith Costello, who cov-Our fab under 12s and coachesRuby our most improved player under 12 with coaches Ali and JoeOur most improved player under 14 Leah Kelly© July 2018 The Meath Coaster48ered almost every blade of each pitch we played on this season, was presented with the coveted Players’ Player of the year. As we take our break and enjoy the World Cup, our attention will be turn-Our seniors winners Jason Butler young player - Keith Costello - players player, golden boot winner Dean Belton.Taylor most improved player under 11’s and coaches Sophie, Hannah and SeanNicole player of the year under 11’sing to Pre-Season very soon. Manager Davy Byrne will be looking to strength-en his squad. All new players welcome. Pre-Season begins Tuesday 10th JulyClub Contact Details: -Email - stamullenfc@gmail.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/stamullenfcClub Secretary - Marcus Kelly – 0851477825Website – www.stamullenfc.com § © July 2018 The Meath Coaster49Know Your RightsNoisy NeighboursQuestion: Our neighbours often have noisy parties that keep us awake at night. We don’t really want to call the Gardaí – what else can we do? Answer Noise nuisance can be a frus-trating problem, especially if your family’s sleep is disturbed. You should first talk to your neighbours about the noise and explain how it is affecting your family. Keep a note of these discussions. You could also keep a noise diary, noting the type of noise, time, date, duration and its effects on your family.If this doesn’t work, you can write to your neighbours, giving details of the noise and how it is disturbing you. You may suggest to them that you will take legal action if the noise continues. Keep copies of your communication with them.If your neighbours are private tenants, they are not allowed to engage in anti-social behaviour – this includes persistent noise that interrupts the peace of other homes. You can complain directly to the landlord if you do not get a satisfactory response from the tenants. You can also complain to the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) if the landlord does not deal with the problem. (The land-lord must be registered with the Residen-tial Tenancies Board.)Tenants of local authority housing must also avoid any nuisance (including noise) to other people in the neighbourhood. If the noise persists, the tenants are in breach of their tenancy agreement and the local authority can take steps to enforce the terms of the agreement.If the noise continues to be a problem, you could check if there are mediation services available in your area to help you resolve the dispute. You can also file a complaint in the District Court. At least seven days before the date for the hear-ing of your case, you must serve notice on your neighbours, using the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 - noise form of notice. If the court finds in your favour, it can order your neighbours to take meas-ures to prevent or limit the noise. Know Your Rights has been compiled by Ashbourne Citizens Information Service Ltd which provides a free and confidential service to the public. Contact InformationAddress: 43 The High Street, Ashbourne, A84FX66, Co. MeathTelephone is 0761 07 6110 and Email : ashbourne@citinfo.iehttp://www.citizensinformation.ieInformation is also available online at citi-zensinformation.ie and from the Citizens Information Phone Service, 0761 07 4000Next >